Topic: Education

News, Education, Life sciences, Azure

Microsoft Azure Space and NASA complete maiden mission

Microsoft Azure Space and NASA complete maiden mission
Microsoft
By Alice Chambers | 13 May 2022

College and university students were invited to compete in a space-focused hackathon

News, Education

Microsoft to begin Women in Innovation Marathon on 12 May

Microsoft to begin Women in Innovation Marathon on 12 May
Microsoft
By Alice Chambers | 10 May 2022

The Brazil-based programme will train 5,000 women about programming, data science and more 

Case study, Education, Teams

A head start for homeworking with Microsoft Teams

A head start for homeworking with Microsoft Teams
University of Dundee
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 05 May 2022

The University of Dundee is using Jabra’s Microsoft Teams-certified headsets to provide flexible working opportunities for staff and students

The University of Dundee uses Jabra’s headsets to provide flexible working opportunities for staff and students 
 

News, Education, Teams

Panopto integrates video management service with Microsoft Teams

Panopto integrates video management service with Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Surface
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 28 March 2022

Move enables users to search Panopto videos and meeting recordings on the collaboration platform  
 

News, Education

Microsoft Education encourages better learning and teaching opportunities

Microsoft Education encourages better learning and teaching opportunities
Microsoft
By Alice Chambers | 25 March 2022

The company’s solutions and partnership with Bett 2022 are improving educational technology

News, Education, Cloud, Azure, Teams

Firefly uses Microsoft Azure to deliver new teaching opportunities

Firefly uses Microsoft Azure to deliver new teaching opportunities
Microsoft
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 23 March 2022

The cloud will enable the firm to integrate its learning service with Microsoft Teams  
 

News, Education

Nureva launches new education-focused conferencing solution

Nureva launches new education-focused conferencing solution
Nureva
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 16 February 2022

Nureva XT combines audio, video and device management to support hybrid teaching experiences   
 

News, Education

Microsoft provides devices for Get Help with Technology scheme in England

Microsoft provides devices for Get Help with Technology scheme in England
Microsoft
By Alice Chambers | 01 February 2022

The programme improves education for children through the provision of technological support

Event, Communications, Education, Teams

Gamma: Giving Microsoft Teams a Voice in Education

Gamma: Giving Microsoft Teams a Voice in Education
Unsplash/Avel Chuklanov
By Alice Chambers | 13 January 2022

10:00 GMT on 18 January 2022; webinar

Educators will learn about reliable communications such as Microsoft Teams Video and Voice

News, Education, Office, Windows, Windows 11

Microsoft releases Windows 11 SE and device ecosystem for education sector

Microsoft releases Windows 11 SE and device ecosystem for education sector

Microsoft

By Alice Chambers | 10 December 2021

New version of the operating system  has features like an Education Insights app for teachers

Event, Education

Bett 2022: reuniting the global community for education technology

Bett 2022: reuniting the global community for education technology
Bett
By Alice Chambers | 07 December 2021

23-25 March 2022; London, UK

The event content is designed around leadership, futures, inclusion, wellbeing, skills and innovation

News, Education, Azure

Hisar School and Microsoft Turkey deliver artificial intelligence education

Hisar School and Microsoft Turkey deliver artificial intelligence education
Hisar School
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 29 November 2021

Students develop AI-based application to improve early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

News, Education

Learn on Demand Systems rebrands as Skillable

Learn on Demand Systems rebrands as Skillable
By Rebecca Gibson | 04 November 2021

Organisation renews commitment to expanding virtual learning and skills development platform

Interview, Education, Teams

ClickLearn is delivering intelligent user adoption

ClickLearn is delivering intelligent user adoption
By Alex Smith | 22 October 2021

CEO Joachim Schiermacher explains why digital solutions are only one part of the answer for application training

Joachim Schiermacher explains why apllication training requires more than digital solutions
 

Case study, Education

A more powerful automation solution from Nintex

A more powerful automation solution from Nintex
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 19 October 2021

Early education provider Busy Bees Asia is using the Nintex Process Platform to automate and standardise employee change processes across its global locations

Busy Bees Asia uses the Nintex Process Platform to automate and standardise employee change processes

News, Education, Cloud

UK university partners with Microsoft to launch new cloud computing course

UK university partners with Microsoft to launch new cloud computing course

Microsoft

By Richard Humphreys | 22 September 2021

Programme at University of Lincoln prepares students with skills for a career in the digital workplace

News, Education

Microsoft expands computer science education programme to Mexico

Microsoft expands computer science education programme to Mexico
Microsoft
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 14 September 2021

Teals programme aims to develop inclusive and sustainable high school curricula

News, Education, Office, Big data

Microsoft and UK Government event seeks to transform education with data

Microsoft and UK Government event seeks to transform education with data
Unsplash/Ismail Salad Hajji Dirir
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 04 August 2021

Global Partnership for Education is helping lower-income countries with education decision-making 

Feature, Government, Healthcare, Education

Delivering new levels of citizen engagement

Delivering new levels of citizen engagement
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 28 July 2021

Over the last 15 months, governments around the world have had to rapidly adapt their services to communities. Julia Glidden gives an insight into some of the ways that Microsoft and its partner ecosystem are enabling change

Julia Glidden shares how Microsoft and its partners are driving change in government services  
 

News, Education, Cloud, Azure, AI

Pearson transforms language learning with Microsoft Azure AI

Pearson transforms language learning with Microsoft Azure AI
Unsplash/Jerry Wang
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 26 July 2021

Education publisher enables digital learning and helps students via interactive instruction

Interview, Government, Healthcare, Education

Accelerating innovation in challenging times

Accelerating innovation in challenging times
Microsoft
By Andy Clayton-Smith | 19 July 2021

We spoke with Dr Julia Glidden from Microsoft about how the public sector and its use of technology has changed in the last 18 months and how Microsoft hopes to shape the future of public service delivery

Dr Julia Glidden shares how Microsoft hopes to shape the future of public service delivery 

News, Case study, Education, Cloud, Azure

University of Glasgow uses Azure service for remote working

University of Glasgow uses Azure service for remote working
Twitter/Jason Dempster
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 08 July 2021

Educational institution turns to Servent to implement Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop at scale

News, Education, Big data, IoT, AI

Microsoft launches digital skills programme in UK schools

Microsoft launches digital skills programme in UK schools
Microsoft
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 04 May 2021

Initiative will introduce students to technology sector and topics such as AI, IoT and coding

Viewpoint, Education

Successful performance-based testing for IT skills

Successful performance-based testing for IT skills
Rawpixel.com
By Corey Hynes | 30 April 2021

By implementing performance-based testing, organisations can ensure that their programmes produce better results and higher standards

Organisations can ensure that their programmes produce better results and higher standards

News, Education, Xbox

Microsoft launches Xbox Academy to inspire young games creators

Microsoft launches Xbox Academy to inspire young games creators
Xbox
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 26 April 2021

Rare and Into Games will speak at Microsoft UK’s Work Experience Week to share career insights 

Feature, Government, Education, Teams

Embracing change: a new era for the public sector

Embracing change: a new era for the public sector
Microsoft
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 26 April 2021

Technology is enabling public sector organisations to pivot from process-led to citizen-centric service provision. Microsoft’s Julia Glidden shares how the firm’s products and partnerships have driven this change during a global crisis

Julia Glidden discusses the role of Microsoft’s products and partnerships during a global crisis
 

News, Education, Cloud, Azure

New College Lanarkshire teams up with Microsoft to deliver digital skills

New College Lanarkshire teams up with Microsoft to deliver digital skills
New College Lanarkshire
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 21 April 2021

Partnership will help students, businesses and local communities thrive in the digital economy

News, Education, Automotive

Microsoft supports software development training at 42 Wolfsburg

Microsoft supports software development training at 42 Wolfsburg
Microsoft
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 08 April 2021

Firm will help shape curriculum for automotive software and mobility ecosystems 

News, Education

University of Oxford modernises IT with Microsoft Power Apps

University of Oxford modernises IT with Microsoft Power Apps
Unsplash/Sidharth Bhatia
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 25 March 2021

Education provider has become one of the largest users of the solution in the UK

News, Education

Shamrock Capital invests in Learn on Demand Systems

Shamrock Capital invests in Learn on Demand Systems
Learn on Demand Systems
By Alex Smith | 23 March 2021

The investment will support the expansion of the company’s virtual labs platform offerings

Viewpoint, Education

BettFest 2021: three days of education inspiration

BettFest 2021: three days of education inspiration
Bett Show
By Sarah Marshall | 02 March 2021

Event recognised those working for the education, health and well-being of students

Event, Education

EduTECH Europe 2021: redefining education technology

EduTECH Europe 2021: redefining education technology
Unsplash/Windows/EduTECH
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 09 February 2021

28-29 April 2021; virtual event

Event will bring together those working to lift and lead education in Europe 

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